T-Works have spring steel spool cups for a range of 1/10th touring cars available. They are made from the same hardened steel material as their tool tips and the parts are available for the Xray T2, T3 and T4 line, the CSO One, Spec-R R1 and S1 as well as the Team C TC10 and the VBC D06 and D07 cars.
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Ilias Arkoudaris has announced that as of July 6th he is no longer involved in JQRacing. Responsible for posting newsletters, press releases and race reports Ilias was part of JQRacing for many years and he has the following to say:
As of Monday July 6th I am no longer employed or affiliated in any way with JQRacing. After an 8 year old journey with the brand the time for a new adventure has come for me. Nothing is set in stone yet but there will be some good news soon! I can’t thank enough all customers and team drivers for their support and I wish them and JQRacing all the best for the future. In case any of the existing customers wish to contact me please use personal email account (iliasarkoudaris@gmail.com) or through my personal Facebook account.
New from UFRA are larger diameter pre-glued wheels for 1/8th on-road cars. Offering more rubber compared to standard pre-mounts the front 34 shore wheels sport a 72mm diameter while the rear 36 shore tyres are 80mm in diameter. Both come on lightweight white-colour rims.
Source: UFRA [ufra-tyres.ch]
The Novarossi Trophy was held in Guassago, Italy over the weekend with the event attracting some of the fastest Italian drivers to race against guests from abroad, such as Adam and Ronda Drake. In the F1 Nitro Buggy class newly crowned European Champion B Riccardo Berton (Kyosho) brought home the win from Kyosho teammate Marco Natale with TLR driver Walter Floris coming in 3rd.
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Last weekend the German Nitro Truggy Nationals would take place in the South of Germany at the challenging track of the MCC Laupheim club. Qualifying saw a dominating performance for Hannes Käufler who TQ’d all five rounds to take the overall TQ in front of Alexander Schmitt, Maximilian Cordts and Andreas Ruepp. The “Senior” final Saturday night was an exciting affair with Guido Erler taking the 40+ national title in front of Andreas Ruepp. Sunday was equally hot both on an off the track. Hannes Käufler and Alexander Schmitt battled for the title with Hannes Käufler eventually taking the 2015 Truggy Championship from Alexander Schmitt and Fabian Hinderer.
Source: Reds Racing [redsracing.it]
New from Picco is a high-quality after run oil for nitro engines. The oils is made to prevent corrosion and other harm that can occur when storing engines without proper internal protection. Simply apply a couple of drops into the carburettor once you are done with the day and turn the crankshaft a couple of times to let the fluid spread within the crankcase and the carburettor.
Source: Picco [teampicco.com]
Round four of the BRCA 1/8th Truggy and E8 Nationals was held this past weekend at the Herts Nitro Model Car Club. Kyosho’s Elliott Boots was able to grab the TQ and win in the E-Buggy class and with it he also secured himself the 2015 National Championship title with one round to go.
Source: Kyosho [kyoshoeurope.com]
The 2015 JMRCA 1/12th Electric On-road Championship was held this past weekend in Fukuoka in the two categories of Modified and Stock. In the Modified class Toto Ebukuro (Yokomo/Yokomo) took the TQ from Yugo Nagashima (CRC/Trinity) and Hideo Kitazawa (Morotech/Trinity). The finals Toto was a bit unlucky as Yugo was able to secure the win in A1 and A2 to take the championship from 4th placed after the qualifiers, Hayato Ishioka (CRC/Trinity). Naoki Akiyama (Yokomo/Yokomo) rounded out the Modified class podium in 3rd.
Source: Kimihiko Yano [kimihiko-yano.jp]| Images: Crest Speedway
